The Federal Government's Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS), introduced in late 2023, is now underway in WA. ...

Allens has acted for Newcrest Mining Limited on the company's selldown of its stake in Evolution Mining Limited. The selldown – known as a block trade – will see Newcrest retain a 14.9 per cent sha ...

IP Australia has announced sweeping changes to the amount and timing of official fees for patents, trade marks, designs and plant breeders' rights, as well as changes to fees and recoverable costs for oppositions. The changes will come into effect 1 October 2024. ...

Under the 10-year agreement, ZEN has secured 70% of the solar capacity of the Quorn Park Hybrid Facility in New South Wales. The 98 MWDC solar farm and 20MW battery energy storage system is set to ...

In our latest update, we examine the progress of new and existing rule change requests to the AEMC across the months of December and January, as well as take a closer look at the ESB's progress on the interim Renewable Energy Zone framework. ...

Corporate mergers and acquisitions commonly involve changes to entities that comprise a corporate group the holding of property within that group and the ultimate beneficial ownership of that group Even if those changes occur entirely outside Australia Australian landholder duty may be payable and ...

Treasury has released its Consultation Paper on notification thresholds under Australia's proposed new mandatory merger regime. The Consultation Paper sets out its proposed design and values for the notification thresholds, which are based on international experience and available data. ...

With $13.3 billion raised by corporates in the Australian corporate bond market in the first half of 2024, the volumes speak for themselves. Our clients are reporting generally favourable issuance conditions, with strong levels of subscriptions, good access to longer tenor and support in secondary ...

This transaction is a further milestone in the CEFC's support for small-to-medium sized businesses, enabling them to access discount loans aimed at improving energy efficiency and reducing emission ...

In this Insight, we explain how this decision is relevant to Australian companies, in demonstrating how proceeds of crime laws may provide rightsholders and activists with an additional lever for seeking company engagement on tackling modern slavery (and, potentially, other human rights issues). ...